July 17, 2013 / Front Page

Breaking News - 7/16/2013 7:00 PM

Anthony Wayne defeated Archbold 8-5 and 7-1 to win its third state Junior Acme baseball championship, Monday, July 22, at Bryan.The Streaks (21-9) finished as state runners-up in their first-ever appearance in the state final.-Posted 7.22, 11:40 pm More...

Holding an 11-7 lead entering the bottom of the seventh inning, all that stood between Archbold and the Junior Acme State Championship game was three outs.Anthony Wayne didn't go quietly, though.With one out and the bases loaded, relief pitcher Derek More...

The remnants of a laboratory that could have been used to make the powerful drug methamphetamine were discovered in the basement of an Archbold home, Friday, July 5. Police were called to 408 South Lincoln Street about 4:30 pm that day. More...

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Janice Kay Thompson, 62, of Defiance, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2013, from results of an auto accident in Defiance County. She was born on March 15, 1951, to Edwin Melvin & Mildred Lucille (Sickmiller) Franz in Henry County, Ohio.&n More...

Jonelle P. Dunn, 86, formerly of Archbold, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, in Suttons Bay, Mich. She was born on Aug. 28, 1926, in Tyrone, Pa., to Paul and Ada Phillips. She married William F. More...

Breaking News - 7/16/2013 7:00 PM

With both teams scoreless going into the seventh inning, Archbold scored two runs in the top of the inning and defeated Coldwater 2-0, Saturday, July 20, in the 2013 Junior Acme State Tournament at Bryan. More...

Sabrina Grisier, Archbold, enjoys spending evenings hanging out with the girls. In this case, however, the girls are her Persian cats, which she shows and breeds. Sabrina currently has four Persians: •Kelameg Truffles Miracle o More...

The Pettisville School Board approved a freeze in salaries for administrative and support staff for the coming school year at a Friday, July 12 meeting. If the pay schedule calls for incremental increases for years of service or additional educ More...

The Pettisville School Board accepted a bid of $494,800 for construction of athletic fields, Friday, July 12. The board took the action during its July meeting, held at 7 am. The athletic fields will be built on property the district owns More...

Sometimes when a story moves from one performance venue to another, it falls flat on its face. For example, when a book is adapted to become a movie, devotees of the book will often complain it was better. Taking the animated movie charac More...

An undetected fire apparently burned itself out after doing $23,000 damage to an Archbold apartment sometime last week. Archbold police and firefighters were called to the apartment of Jessica Bixler, 23, at about 9:15 am, Thursday, July 11.&nb More...

Archbold police are inves- tigating a possible sexual imposition case that occurred at Northwest Products, Friday, June 28. An official of the Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities told police about the incident, which involved an More...

The Archbold Junior Acme team earned a berth in the state tournament by finishing as runners-up in the North regional tournament at Archbold, Sunday, July 14. The Streaks won the sectional/ district championship with 5-3 and 11-10 victories ove More...

When Fulton County commissioners wanted to increase their share of the sales tax, they held a series of public hearings over several weeks, to inform the public and allow public comment. Apparently, not so with state government. More...

Ten Years Ago Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Betty Young, Columbus, was chosen president of Northwest State Community College. She is the fifth president and the first woman to serve the position. Her salary will be $115,000. More...